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2010-03-14 Britain

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Posted by tipper 2010-03-14 10:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I'm not sure that a democratically elected upper house is going to give them anymore than the Lords did.

Posted by JimK 2010-03-14 11:51|| 2010-03-14 11:51|| Front Page Top

#2 House Of Lords by The Bee Gees

The upper house would be renamed The Senate.

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Posted by Spater Scourge of the Infinitesmal1256 2010-03-14 12:21|| 2010-03-14 12:21|| Front Page Top

Black Bart, posting here as Spater etc. - please stick to one 'nym right now.

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Posted by lotp 2010-03-14 14:24|| 2010-03-14 14:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Lord Mountararat.
When Britain really ruled the waves
(In good Queen Besss time)
The House of Peers made no pretence
To intellectual eminence,
Or scholarship sublime;
Yet Britain won her proudest bays
In good Queen Besss glorious days!
Yet Britain won her proudest bays
In good Queen Besss glorious days!
Chorus.
Yes Britain won her proudest bays
In good Queen Besss glorious days!

Lord Mountararat.
When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
As every child can tell,
The House of Peers, throughout the war,
Did nothing in particular,
And did it very well:
Yet Britain set the world ablaze
In good King Georges glorious days!
Yet Britain set the world ablaze
In good King Georges glorious days!
Chorus.
Yet Britain set the world ablaze
In good King Georges glorious days

Lord Mountararat.
And while the House of Peers withholds
Its legislative hand,
And noble statesmen do not itch
To interfere with matters which
They do not understand,
As bright will shine Great Britains rays
As in King Georges glorious days!
As bright will shine Great Britains rays
As in King Georges glorious days!
Chorus.
As bright will shine Great Britains rays
As in King Georges glorious days!

Posted by Don Vito Anginegum8261 2010-03-14 18:08|| 2010-03-14 18:08|| Front Page Top

#5 It looks like a copy of the Australian Senate, which incidentally is popular here - PR with minority/fringe party representation. And generally no majority for either major party.

Even the Greens provide a certain entertainment factor. They are currently jumping up and down about the arrest of the whaling 'activist'. I hope the leader of the Greens goes to Japan and gets kicked out of the country or even better gets thrown in jail alongside his mate.

Posted by phil_b 2010-03-14 20:14|| 2010-03-14 20:14|| Front Page Top

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